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<U>This</U> Sunday</SPAN></I></B><B><I><SPAN
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face="Times New Roman">at SCHENECTADY CIVIC
PLAYHOUSE<o:p></o:p></FONT></EM></STRONG></SPAN></U></P>
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<H6 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><EM><B><FONT size=5>Celebrating our
</FONT></B></EM><EM><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">82nd Anniversary
Season</SPAN></B></EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><FONT size=5>
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<H6 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><STRONG><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Schenectady Civic Players
present a</SPAN></I></STRONG></H6>
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</SPAN></I></STRONG><STRONG><I><SPAN
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</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">staged
reading of . . .</SPAN></I></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><STRONG><EM><FONT
color=#800080>Ferenc Molnar’s<o:p></o:p></FONT></EM></STRONG></SPAN></H1>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></STRONG><EM><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt">(adapted by Morwyn
Brebner)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></EM></FONT></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Directed
by Melissa Brown<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></H3>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B>“The President”</B> is a mad
cap, dizzying whirl where the president of a large corporation has barely an
hour to transform a socialist taxi driver into a high flying business magnate.
The clever adaptation, based on Ferenc Molnar’s 1929 original, is a laugh a
second.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B><I>The 2008
Shaw Festival called the play “hilarious and a don’t
miss.”<o:p></o:p></I></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><I><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">THE CAST: Sev
Moro, Don Mealy, Carissa LoPresti, Duncan Morrison, Sue Talarico, Melissa
Putterman Hoffmann, Shelia Morris Barnes, Patricia Hoffman, Mark Stephens,
Joseph Fava, Gary Hoffmann, William Hickman, Rich Messina, and Matthew G.
Moross. </SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993366; FONT-SIZE: 22pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">--
<U>Sunday, November 1, at 2:30 p.m.</U> -- <o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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align=center><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(One Performance
Only)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></B></P>
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align=center><STRONG><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">at the
Schenectady Civic Playhouse, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></STRONG></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><FONT size=3><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">12 South
Church St., Schenectady, ( Phone
518-382-2081)</SPAN></STRONG><B><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></P>
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align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B> </B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Join
us for another 82nd Anniversary Season gift to you!</SPAN></STRONG><FONT
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: red"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Refreshments
served. <U><SPAN style="COLOR: red">No reservations
necessary</SPAN></U>. Just come on in.</SPAN><SPAN
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